John Hancock

Hancock was a merchant and political leader. His public career began with his election to the office of Boston selectman in 1765. He aligned himself with Samuel Adams and patriot opposition to the Stamp Act when his ship was seized for smuggling during the Townshed Acts in 1768. He was known to be one of the chief financial backers to the patriot causes and in 1774 he made a speech commemorating the Boston Massacre in 1770. In 1775 he was sent to the Continental Congress as a representative from Massachusetts and was passed over as commander of the army which Washington took instead. He served in the war supplying the American forces and created the navy. In 1780 he was elected the first governor of Massachusetts under its new constitution. When time came to ratify the constitution he play a role and urged it be ratified with a bill of rights. He died at the age of 56.

In reality, John Hancock was extremely wealthy and risked it all on the success of the American Revolution. On May 24, 1775, he began serving as president of the Second Continental Congress. This was the group that approved the Declaration of Independence.It's just the way Hancock signed his name. It was in the center, since it was the first and only signature at that time. The other 55 delegates didn't sign the Declaration until August 2, 1776, or later.

It is from Hebrew and means: The Lord is Gracious.
John means powerful man or man of the world

Yes, but don't ask the progressives who have been in power since the early 1900's. It is their duty to remove every trace of America's Christian past from history. Otherwise they cannot destroy as they have planned to do

If you refer to the document signed on July 4, 1776, Charles Thomson signed it after Hancock.

I actually read, that Josiah Bartlett was the first to sign it, after John Hancock

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/bartlett.htm.

I believe that he hates to be called an A**hole.

He graduated from Harvard in 1754. I'm not sure when he started.

Lydia Hancock died because of some natural causes, but people are still not sure

He became the govern of Massachusetts

you dumb monkey fruitcake he was never president

she passed away when she was 2 before she got to meat him

As a child John Hancock aprenticed his uncle as a clerk. he was once an orphan but the his uncle adopted him. he graduated from Harvord Collage in 1754 as a merchant. he was the first person to sign the Decleration of Independance.

john Hancock was a prominent merchant in Boston, known best by the people of the time as a smuggler, mainly of tea. He was admired by many, but his biggest accomplishments were in what he did as a patriot: aiding the Sons of Liberty, particularly Samuel Adams, and later becoming the governor of Massachusetts.

All the founding fathers were actually looking for changes and were the facto liberals. All the founding fathers wanted a clear separation between state and church, making them liberals. So you could assume they were Democrats ...

However, the main argument for separation was that they were upset to pay taxes to the Great Britain, who was looking to tax the colonies. This alone, the fact that they didn't want to pay any taxes, makes them Republicans.

But over the years, even the Republicans and the Democrats values changed. Today's Democrats are the old Republicans, and vice versa.

The best way to honor your founding fathers is to vote and encourage the separation of the church and the state, encourage liberal values while respecting the conservatives who protect your gains, in a small government environment.

The John Hancockcenter has exactly 100 floors.

He signed the Declaration of Independence and was our temporary leader before the war ended.

John Hancock had many poignant quotes - but the two that are stated most often are: " the greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions." and:

"There now George Washington will be able to see that on the Dec.!"

Francis Bernard, King George, soldiers

It means to sign something..

Looking at the Declaration of Independence , you can see John Hancock's signature the clearest. He wrote it bigger then the rest and neatly.

Put your John Hancock write your signature nice and bold!

1,127 feet to the roof and 1,500 feet to the antenna. It's the 4th tallest building in chicago, behind Aon Center, Trump Tower, and Willis Tower (Sears Tower). It's the 6th tallest in the U.S. behind Aon Center, Bank of America Tower,Trump Tower, Empire State Building, and Willis Tower (Sears Tower.

was john hancocks brothers name william?

Edit: John Hancock (signer of the Declaration of Independence) was an only child therefore he had no brothers or sisters. His father's name was John Hancock as well and so was his grandfathers. I'm not sure if his father had any siblings but his grandfather had a brother named Nathaniel Hancock.

Source of information: http://www.small-stuff.com/HANCOCK/DNA/h20215.htm

Yes, John Hancock was a smuggler. During the period that preceded the American Revolution, various taxes had been imposed on goods entering the colonies. Hancock was one of many New England merchants who avoided paying the taxes by smuggling the goods in. As he was the richest man in New England, and owner of a shipbuilding concern, he quickly became the busiest smuggler in the area. The revenue from his smuggling operations then was funneled into revolutionary causes. Think of Hancock as the Joe Kennedy of the Revolutionary Era.

i dont think he went to school because i have been looking for ever soo no school